IMDb plot summary: When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local, Edith--begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, the rowdy, Irish migrant, Rose, is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.
Directed by Thea Sharrock. Stars Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, and Timothy Spall.
Wicked Little Letters stars Olivia Colman as a shy religious spinster who begins receiving extremely vulgar anonymous letters. When her parents persuade her to go to the police about it, she reveals that she thinks it is a former friend of hers, a foul-mouthed Irish woman played by Jessie Buckley. The suspect is quickly arrested but while she is awaiting trial, other women of the village begin to suspect that she’s not the one to blame. This was a really fun watch. It took me a little while to process whether the tone was going to be more dramatic or more comedic, because in the first few scenes it's treading that line so carefully, but it definitely lands on the comedic mystery side of the spectrum, and it does that very well. Both Colman and Buckley are electric in their roles and delightful to watch in their interactions with each other. The variety of smaller characters making up the village are also each engaging and fun to watch come together for solving the mystery. I found the ending very satisfying from both a mystery standpoint and a character development standpoint. This was a solid one that I'm glad I got a chance to see.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 Wicked Little Letters (2024)
📊 Ranked #865/4011 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 78
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